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| Recipe of the week... ... Overnight Oats |
Ingredients:
40g oats, 4 tablespoons low fat natural yoghurt, 1 big handful of fruit, and
optional sweet extras can include sweetener, cinnamon, or hot chocolate powder
Serves:
1 decent breakfast
Time
taken: 5 mins max
Dietary:
Vegetarian (and syn-free on Slimming World!)
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Hi
readers,
How
are we all today?
How’s
your weekend been? Has it been a good one?
As
I write it’s a Sunday evening in January, and the weekend is once again drawing
to a close. How is it that they fly by so quickly???
This
weekend I’ve… run a parkrun – go me! Such a good way to start the weekend when
one can drag oneself out of bed on a Saturday, for a 9am start in the drizzly rain.
All worth it for your feeling of achievement at the finish line.
I’ve
also… been for a lovely meal out this weekend, at the Venus Restaurant in
Dinnington. For any readers local to the Sheffield area, where I live, I would
highly recommend. The service is kind of fancy and the prices are a little high,
so you’re definitely talking a special occasion sort of restaurant, but if you
have one coming up then I say book yourself into the Venus. And try the carrots!
They’re not to be missed, I’m telling you.
Also
this weekend, readers, I’ve… endured a blowy walk in the country with an
unhappy toddler in tow. High winds and chilly temperatures – it would seem –
make for a very unhappy one year old. Sobbing, snotting, wailing her little
eyes out. Not the best of walks we’ve been on perhaps! But character building,
if nothing else. More than a little alarming.
And
how about you, readers? What have you got up to over the past couple of days?
What’s been the highlight of your weekend, would you say?
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- Food
for thought -
This
week, readers, I have the odd bit to recommend for you. I’ve been…
Listening
To first episode of the new series of Love Stories
A
fave podcast of mine, by Dolly Alderton, in which she interviews someone new
each episode on the greatest loves and passions of their lives. It makes for
great listening. Always, she picks someone interesting and well-spoken to talk
to, and we get to hear all about the most important parts of their lives past
and present. There’s a new season just beginning, and Dolly’s first interview is
with the actor, Stanley Tucci. Well worth a listen… here.
Watching
Beautiful
Boy
There
are so many great films out at the cinema right now, with awards season upon
us, that it’s hard to know what to go see. I’ve recently been to watch The
Favourite, Colette, Stan & Ollie, Green Book, and Mary, Queen of Scots. All
good films! The Favourite was a bit batty perhaps, with more rabbits than I’d
imagined, but all excellent films which I would recommend. If you’re going to
see one though – Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet’s father-and-son tale of the
hurt that meth addiction can cause, in Beautiful Boy, is the film I would
recommend most. It’s intense and upsetting, but good. Watch the trailer… here.
Reading
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
A
Christmas gift from my dad… who knows me well. I love Michelle Obama and am
loving reading about her life. Just – what a woman. I’m not done with the book
yet but can’t imagine it will give me any reason not to recommend to everyone I
know. If reading about Michelle Obama helps in any way to make me more like
Michelle Obama, then I think we should all be reading it. We should all be more
like Michelle.
Enjoying
Pink
skies
Did
anyone else catch one this week, at sunrise or sunset? Maybe it’s just
Sheffield, maybe it’s everywhere, but there seems to have been great skies
around this week. Peach and pick and purple. It’s nice to take a moment to look
up. And imagine being warm and soaking up the summer sun… we’ve only a few
months to go. Until then, I hope there are more colourful winter skies to keep
us all going, and dreaming of summer.
Wondering
About
the miracle of life
My
friend has just given birth to a six-pound-something little baby girl. Who is
just nine days old, and is probably asleep right now. With tiny fingers and
toes. And another friend of mine is pregnant with twins… growing two babies
inside of her right this very minute. And I do not want a baby right now – as was
confirmed on a long walk with a screaming toddler earlier today – but I am blown
away by the miracle of pregnancy. And then new parents raising their children
to become people, who will one day raise their own children. This is nothing
remarkable, in theory, but when you see it happen in real life, I find it mind blowing.
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| @yogakiss |
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Feeding a friend -
My
recipe this week, readers, is one I prepared for myself for the first time the
other day. And then enjoyed it so much I made it again. And then this morning I
even made this for breakfast for myself and the Mr. And he tried it and liked it
– which, coming from the boy who thinks muesli or granola are a sad breakfast (rather
than, in my opinion, an amazing way to start the day), has been ground breaking.
My
recipe for you this week, readers, is for Overnight Oats. Have you tried making
them before? I’ve heard of Overnight Oats before, certainly, but it’s just not something
I’ve had a go at before now. I like oats, I love oaty breakfast cereals, so why
I’ve never tried this recipe is a mystery.
Newsflash:
I’m a major fan now of overnight oats.
They’re
so simple to prepare, they taste great, they’re filling, they’re syn-free on
Slimming World, and there are loads of variations you can try to vary up your
Overnight Oats, so you’re always enjoying them and never bored. Why not give it
a try??
If
you might like to try Overnight Oats for yourself, here’s the recipe in just five
simple steps…
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- Overnight
Oats -
Ingredients:
40g oats, 4 tablespoons low fat natural yoghurt, 1 big handful of fruit, and
optional sweet extras can include sweetener, cinnamon, or hot chocolate powder
1. Stretch
really tall and take a big, deep breath. Gather your ingredients together and
find an exciting glass or jar or Tupperware to prepare your Overnight Oats in.
2. Measure
40g oats into your glass/jar/Tupperware.
3. Add 4
tablespoons of low-fat natural yoghurt.
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Top
Tip: If you fear yoghurt alone might be a bit plain for you, you could also add
a shake of sweetener, cinnamon, or hot chocolate powder, for some added sweet flavour.
(If on Slimming World, remember to check the syn-values for any optional
extras)
4. Add a
big handful of fruit.
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Tip: Perhaps apple and pear? Or strawberry and banana? Or I’m quite enjoying
mixed berries at the moment, which I tip in from a big 1kg bag of frozen ‘Wonky
Berries’ that I bought from Morrisons. You’re fine to add your fruit while it’s
frozen, and it will thaw in the fridge overnight.
5. Give
everything a big stir together and then chill in the fridge overnight. Tuck in!
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- Recipe
round up -
And
that’s literally all there is to it.
What
do you think? Would you be tempted to give this a try, readers?
Only
5 minutes prep the night before and then you can enjoy your tasty Tupperware of
oats in bed while catching up on the news perhaps… savouring a last few glorious
minutes warm under the covers, before you begin your day. That’s how I do it. Or
– enjoy your oats any way you like! While sat out in your garden, or commuting
on the train, while at your desk checking email, or pausing for a moment on a
park bench… so long as you enjoy your oats.
If
you’re looking for a healthy way to begin the day, readers, with a full stomach
and lots of energy, at little cost to yourself in time or money, then I do recommend
you give Overnight Oats a go. You never know, maybe the new favourite breakfast
that you never ever before though to try?
Everyone
– I’m wishing you all a fabulous week ahead. Go live it to the full and I dare
you all to give someone a MASSIVE big hug. Make their day.
And
breakfast safely,
Hayley
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Closing thoughts -
If
you’ve been inspired to give this recipe a try, readers, whether I’m speaking
to you on the day of this post or you’re reading some far out time in the
future... please drop me a line to let me know whether it went okay. I’d love
to hear how you got on in the kitchen and your thoughts on this dish. Plus,
it’d be fab if you’re able to share any tips you have for success, or your
suggestions to improve the recipe? Please send your wisdom my way.
Thank
you for reading!
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